Section: Australia and New Zealand

The recovery of the bodies of the MH17 travellers that fell from the sky over eastern Ukraine should be ordered, respectful and expert. But it isn’t. It has become an invasion of body snatchers and a duel over possession of the dead. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Malaysia Airlines have released the names of the 283 passengers and 15 crew on flight MH17, which was shot down over the Ukraine.The manifest confirms the nationalities of all those on board, including New Zealander Mary Menke,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysia issued an impassioned plea Saturday for the MH17 disaster site in Ukraine to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost.” …read more Source: The West...

Grabove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday accused pro-Russian insurgents of destroying evidence at the crash site of a Malaysian jet whose downing in the rebel-held east has drawn global condemnation of the Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Singapore Airlines apologized Saturday over social media remarks it posted after the Malaysian jetliner was shot down that were taken by many as being insensitive.After the Malaysia Airlines plane went… …read more Source: The New Zealand...

Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine, Berlin said on Saturday. …read more Source: The West...